Crewe, the last day of the
year and absolutely freezing as a very battered looking 37055
"leaned" off the Manchester line. 31/12/2001
Looking terrible, it powered
its way down through the station into the blinding Winter sunshine.
31/12/2001
Round the corner, past the
LNWR workshops, came 47806, the last class 47 haulage of the
9.19 Holyhead-London working of 2001. 31/12/2001
The 47 came off at Crewe
as usual and 86425 "Caledonian" took
over. 31/12/2001
47805 enters Crewe with the
9.19 Holyhead-London on the last weekend of 2001 when two, class
47 hauled, trains can be seen. 29/12/2001
Earlier, 47732 "Restormel"
took out the 07.20 London-Holyhead en route for North Wales.
29/12/2001
This was an unusual event
at Crewe when a London-Glasgow train arrived with the DVT facing
North and two AC electrics bringing up the rear. 29/12/2001
The two locomotives were
87022 "Lew Adams The Black Prince" running
dead inside 86259 "Greater Manchester, The Life and
Soul of Britain" which was powering the train. Thanks
to Gareth McMurray for the information. 29/12/2001
The 13.43 Holyhead-London
HST leaving Colwyn Bay station, power cars were 43122+43153.
27/12/2001
37707 at Crewe Diesel Depot
19/12/2001
The XP64 class 47 number
47853 appears to be taking up residence on the North Wales Coast
as it appeared again today on the 9.19 Holyhead-London. It detached
to run to Preston but paused momentarily alongside 87033 "Thane
of Fyfe" which replaced it. 18/12/2001
47722 "The Queen
Mother" was on the 11.45 for Liverpool ex-Poole.
18/12/2001
The 12.09 for London Euston
was powered by 87004 "Britannia" and
was carrying 90009 "The Economist" dead
inside the train. 18/12/2001
47781 "Isle of
Iona" ran through platform 12 with a postal "Christmas
Extra". 18/12/2001
The "Royal Scot"
still runs but does not stop at Crewe. Here, 87028 "Lord
President", storms through the centre road in gloomy
semi-darkness with the down train - very impressive. 18/12/2001
37520 had been on the depot
pumps and later ran North onto the West Coast Main Line. 18/12/2001
Crewe Diesel Depot yard has
been reorganised and looks much more tidy now despite the gloomy,
miserable weather conditions. Seen here are 47760(L), 47258,
31102 and 47762. 18/12/2001
90239 must have had a problem
and is being repaired in the open air, the fitter is underneath.
This is a common occurrence on this spot. 18/12/2001
It makes the heart race when
a 37 appears with passenger stock out of platform 11 but no luck,
it was an ecs movement of two "Northern Belle" coaches
from the IEMD to the LNWR carriage sheds. 37704 was a fine sight
nonetheless. 14/12/2001
There was much shunting of
capital stock in the Diesel Depot yard with 08 shunter "Silver
Fox" (no number carried) in charge. Here 47760 "Ribblehead
Viaduct" and 47349 were on the move. 14/12/2001
47323 and 58022 were also
pushed around a bit. I didn't see the final configuration so
I don't know if this was a prelude to a trip to Wigan for some.
14/12/2001
66518 was one of several
"Freightliner" class 66's on offer today. 14/12/2001
The 11.45 for Liverpool ex-Poole
is still a regular 47 working but for how long? Here 47829 is
pulling away. 14/12/2001
Three out four ain't bad
to paraphrase the big fella. Three of the four retro painted
class 47's passed through Crewe today (top) XP64 number 47853/D1733
was the first as it came off the 9.19 Holyhead-London and parked
up in bay 10 before continuing North to Preston. Large Logo 47847
(centre) was substituting for an HST on a Cross Country run and
47826 "Springburn" in Inter City livery
(bottom) was one of several Manchester trains diverted via Crewe
due to difficulties on the Stoke line. 14/12/2001
37707 came off the West Coast
Main Line and passed through the station en route for Basford
with a train of used ballast. The locomotive later went onto
the diesel depot. 14/12/2001
